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Events in the year 2022 in Angola .

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Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Angola

27 July - The Lulo Rose, a pink diamond, the largest in 300 years, is discovered at the Lulo mine in Lunda Norte Province, Angola. [1]

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24 August - 2022 Angolan general election: Angolans vote to elect their president in a tight race between incumbent leftist candidate João Lourenço and center-right candidate Adalberto Costa Júnior. [2]

25 August - The electoral commission announces that President João Lourenço's MPLA has won the general election. [3]

24 September - Thousands of people protest in Luanda, Angola, accusing incumbent president João Lourenço of electoral fraud in the latest election, [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Big pink diamond discovered in Angola, largest in 300 years". AP NEWS. 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  2. ↑ "Vote counting begins in Angola, provisional results show MPLA ahead". MSN. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  3. ↑ Demony, Catarina (2022-08-25). "Angola ruling party close to victory in divisive election". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  4. ↑ "Thousands in Angola's capital protest alleged electoral fraud". Reuters. 2022-09-24. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  5. ↑ "Jesus Tirso Blanco, Bishop of Luena, has died". VerAngola. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Angola despede-se de D. Kevanu, bispo emérito de Ondjiva - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va (in Portuguese). 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  7. ↑ Miguel; Gomes; Faus, Joan (2022-07-09). "Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos dies at 79". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  8. ↑ "Faleceu em Luanda N'zau Puna, nacionalista e deputado angolano". Rádio Nacional de Angola (in Portuguese). 17 July 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Morreu o jornalista Gustavo Costa". Novo Jornal (in Portuguese). 19 August 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Mourning in the Catholic Church: Dom José Nambi Bishop of the Diocese of Bié died". Angola Telegraph. 31 October 2022. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  11. ↑ Duarte, Joana (22 November 2022). "Quem é "Nagrelha", o músico de kuduro que morreu aos 36 anos e que reuniu milhares de pessoas no funeral". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Lusa. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  12. ↑ "Morreu Assunção dos Anjos, ex-ministro das Relações Exteriores". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Edições Novembro. 12 December 2022. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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